Strike A Match.

If you find yourself at the top of your game or really hitting a good stride...
You will need a way to be your own source of sustainability.
The more success you achieve the less resources you will find on how to stay there.
Resources are slim because few people have figured out how to get to the top, much less have be able to stay there.
Reaching and staying at the top of your game requires some honesty about what staying power is.

People at the top and those who want to be there all eventually wonder:
How is it possible to keep up with this good pace without eventually losing momentum?
In life it seems inevitable that if we find ourselves in a peak that a valley is sure to follow along and bring us back down.
Why is that an almost universal premonition?

Conditioning.
 
We are conditioned by every experience and observation that has left an impression on us.
This behaviorally based motto of: "nothing lasts forever".
A motto that gets us through difficult times by ensuring an eventual end to extreme bad.
Providing us with moral support.

The catch being the other end of the spectrum....
The knowledge that good momentum also eventually changes into something else too.

The "something else" we anticipate is what gets us disheveled.
The "something else" that is coming holds the anticipation of the  "bad" that is sure to follow.

Conditioned assumptions do not make those assumptions true.

The only truth is that there will always be "something else".
The myth is that a valley always follows a peak.

Conditioning...re-conditioned.

The experience bell curve you measure ourselves against only knows the limits that you have already seen.
This does not mean it can not evolve along with you. 
Expanding as you expand.
The limits to success you achieve through out your career is all relative to what you perceive along the way.
This is why some people never seem to be satisfied with their achievements while others are ecstatic about accomplishing seemingly much less.
Relativity.
Everything is relative depending on the person perceiving the situation.

The real secret in understanding how to achieve "staying power"...
The comprehension that there is no such thing.
Nothing can sustain itself in a changing environment and keep pace.
Not one thing stays the same.
The only fault is in our negative interpretation of how this works.

There will always be "something else" coming along.
Life has variables making it impossible to completely control.
That is why doing the same thing in an effort to "keep a good thing going" is almost impossible.

Doing the same thing in an environment where the variables around you are changing is what brings the "dip" in success.


I will say it again: Doing the same thing in an environment where the variables around you are changing is what brings the "dip" in success.


This does NOT count as a fall or a failure.
It does not mean you are no longer good at what you do.
If you are at the top and you notice what you have done in the past is not working anymore then a variable for what works has changed.


A dip in productivity in a healthy market usually indicates a lack of attention for where your effort could be best spent.

Top tier success is lighting a match under the areas your efforts will return the most for your time.
Your business plan is a living thing.
Constantly review it for what is currently working best, trust it, and light matches where they need to be lit based on proof rather than habit. 

Remember- a habit that no longer works in your favor is little more than busy work...
Recognize those habits, replace them with a tactics that look like they will return you more business.
Measure and determine what works right now...
Then light a fire under your effort.